Wood Brothers move to North Carolina made official

Eddie Wood: "Then all the stars lined up just right ..."
Wood Brothers Racing announced today the team has found a building in
Mooresville, and will begin moving out of the team's shop in Stuart,
Virginia this coming Monday. The search for a...

Eddie Wood: "Then all the stars lined up just right ..."

Wood Brothers Racing announced today the team has found a building in
Mooresville, and will begin moving out of the team's shop in Stuart,
Virginia this coming Monday. The search for a new race shop took several
months, but Eddie and Len Wood feel that they have found the right place
to start the 2004 season for the #21 Motorcraft Racing Ford Taurus team.

Eddie Wood, co-owner of Wood Brothers Racing said today, "We've found a
building. We're going to start moving on Monday into a shop now owned by
Robert Yates Racing in Lakeside Park in Mooresville.

"It was the first building we thought of way back in the middle of the
summer when we first started talking about moving, but all the parties
just never got together until a few days ago.

"Then all the stars lined up just right, everybody got together and from
the time we started talking until the papers were signed it was just
about 30 hours.

"The really ironic thing is that it is the shop that Ricky (Rudd) had
when he had his own race team. When he started driving for Robert,
Robert bought it from him, and now Robert is leasing it to us.

"We'll continue to work on our 2004 stuff here, and move our equipment
when space becomes available. We really have to thank Robert and Doug
Yates for working with us on this because they are still using the
building for some chassis work, and will be there until the middle of
December. So we will share the space until they can relocate the work
they are doing in that building right now.

Driver Ricky Rudd was pleased with the team's choice. "Isn't it funny
how things come full circle sometimes. I think it is a great move. I
laid out the design of that shop, and we worked out of it not only when I
had my own team, but then when I went with Robert we raced out of there
too. A lot of good wins came out of that building. Maybe this will turn
our luck around.

Rudd continued, "We'll be closer to the Roush organization in the new
location. We have needed engineering help, and now we will be able to
take advantage of the whole Roush Racing staff of engineers.

"This will also give Wood Brothers Racing an added flexibility to expand
when that time comes. They have had good people in Stuart, but the
Charlotte area has the biggest pool of racing people in the country, and
it will make things easier for Eddie and Len when they get ready to add
another team.

"I'm confident this move will really make a big difference for the race
team."

Wood Brothers Racing has been located in Stuart, Virginia for 53 years.
The business office and the family's famed museum will remain at the
current location in Stuart.